Year: 2015

This has nothing to do with astronomy at all, but I can’t find a good place to save this information. So… If you’re trying to install Oracle’s Java on Fedora, after you’ve done,so, the following will set up all of the alternatives links you want/need alternatives –install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/latest/jre/bin/java 200000 \ –slave /usr/bin/jcontrol jcontrol …

Really installing Oracle Java on FedoraRead More

A lot of the incoming RSS feeds were dead, so I spent a couple of hours today to find replacements. This is as much for me as for you so I have one place to go for my space and astronomy news. I need to put togther another physics set of feeds, too, then I’m …

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I’ve clearly been on a long hiatus from posting here, largely because life has a way to doing that to you from time to time…. I’ve still be out doing some observing, playing with equipment, and more. But I have two teenage boys now and have taken on the role of Scoutmaster in a local …

So what exactly has happened to this site….Read More